Energy efficiency centers in North-West Russia

Before                                                                                    After

Customer: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Duration of the project: 1996 - 2004

In April 1996, a Collaboration Arrangement on Energy Efficiency was signed between Norway and the Russian Federation. Within the frames of this Agreement the bilateral programme “Energy Efficiency in North-West Russia” was developed. One of the projects implemented under this Programme is establishment of regional energy efficiency centres. In total 6 centres were established:

- Kola Energy Efficiency Centre, Kirovsk, Murmansk region (1996);

- Murmansk Oblast Energy Efficiency Centre (1998);

- Arkhangelsk Oblast Energy Efficiency Centre (1999);

- Karelian Association “Energy Efficiency Centre”, Petrozavodsk (1999);

- Komi Republic Energy Efficiency and Cleaner Production Centre (2003);

- Nenets Energy Efficiency and Cleaner Production Centre, Naryan-Mar (2004). 

Role in the project: Storvik Consult was responsible for planning, establishment and management of the energy efficiency centres at the development stage.